Journal-box bearing for railway-cars.



W. R. CLARK.

JOURNAL BOX BEARING PQR RAILWAY CARS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 13. 1908,

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/NVENTOF l Patented May 16, 19H.

W. B. CLARK.

JOURNAL BOX BEARING FOR'RAILWAY GARS. APPLICATION FILED APR.13,1908.

Patented May i6, 1911.

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UNITED STATES ra ILLIIA'MI B. CLARK, 0F JERSEY CXTY, NEW JERSEY.

JOURNAL-BOX BEARING FR RAILWAY-GARS.

Specication of Letters atent.

rate-atea ara-y is, 1era Application mea April 13, 190s. serial No. 426,705(

To all 'whom it ma/y concern:

Be it known that l, WILLIAM R. CLARK, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and 5 State of l" ew Jersey, have invented certain i new and useful' improvements in Journal- BOX Bearings for Railway- Cars, of which the following is a specication, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

- This invention relates to journal box bearings for railway cars, and the object thereof is to providevan improved bearing of this class which will permit of all the necessary movement of the separate parts on the journal of an aXle and on each other with a minimum amount of friction, and in .which the separateparts of` the bearing will be securely held in proper position at all times;

a further object being to provide a bearing for the journal of a car axle which may be usedy in the standard journal box without any change whatever in the construct-ion thereof or in the construction of the base member .or block of the bearing, and in which the wedge members of the bearing have a rotatable, longitudinal and transverse movement one upon other. My improved bearing for railway journal 3o boxescomprises a top member, ant intermediate member and a bottom or base" memberwhich rests on the spindle, said parts beingof novel construction'as hereinafter described, and the invention is fully dis- :as-closed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate parts of my im,

-provement are designated by suitable refer` ence characters. 1n each-of the views, and 1n 40 which 5,-

Figurel is a longitudinal vertical secl' tional view' of a journal box and bearing made according to 'my invent1on; -F1g. 2 a 'bottom plan view of the top bearing meint ber which I employ; Fig. 3 a sectional plan view of the box and showing the journal of the' axle passing therethrough, and showing the main or base bea-ring member resting on.

the journal, and the intermediate bearing member resting thereon; Fig. 4 a bottom plan view, of the intermediate bearing member; Fig. 5 a side view of the top bearing member; Fig. ,6 a side view of the intermediate bearing member; Fig. 7 'a perspecf '55 tive view of abase bearing member-.ofthe usual form which may be employed m vcon-v Asepara-te parts, a bottom block or struction.

nection with my improved topy and i'nteri mediate bearing members, andjfFig. 8 view similar to Fig. of an improved form of bottom or base bearing meinberfwhichl 6G may employ in place of that shown in Fig. 7, v

In the drawings. forming lpart ,'ofthis" specifation, I have shown' ,at 'a 1an, ordii'ia railway journal box, and at 'Zi one end f" axle the journal o2 of which passes'lin j box a. The box a is provide'dkwi'th .7 usual top a2, and said boxin practice', V, connected with the truck ory frame worliw a car in the usual manner. l'

My improved bearing consiM t.

an intermediate bloc-lr or membertop block or member c, and my consists in the form and construct o blocks or members', and particularly"'n 'hev 75 form and construction of the tir lo, member ve and ythe intermediate block of* member d. The use of three bearihgblobli'sf or members in bearings of this class-isn 51' broadly new, and in Fig. 7 I have show/*nai S0 bottom block or member c of the usual-f`fr` rrr-` u and in Fig. 8 a bottom block or'member of improved construction which' mayi 4 substituted for the block or member shown ink Fig. 7, but I will first describe provement in connect-ion with the*l bottom'L block or member shown in Fig57`.' The opposite sides .of the'journal box# y are provided Ion their inner sides withA 'yer-L tica-ily arranged ribs or projections @2f-and" 40 the bottom block or memberc is provided* on its opposite sides with lugs or projections. c? which engage the outer side faces of the" ribs or projections a3, while the intermediatef block or member Z is provided with 'lugs or; 95 projections Z2 which engage the' inner--side o faces of the ribs 'or projectionsaa, a-llthese i features being of the usual formna-ndf-con#t The central top portion of the fintern'ae-l 100 diate block or member 'ci is convex-inf ci'os's j section as shown at cl3 eXceptat the isi-des and? 5'" ends, and centrally thereof is circular opening d, and at the opposite orinner and outer endsthereof are. raised transverse-"stops" Z5 the inner edges vor faces of which-'arecon cave'as shown at de, andl in thecoifnerlrportions and top side thereof are recesss-isl7 The central bottom portionl of the tcp member or block e is 'concave'in cro^'s"sect*lion as shown at e2, and at the'centerftloffisa circular .projection c3; adapted yt circular opening Z4 in the' intermediate block vor member ai, and at the inner and4 outer ends of the concave bottom portion thereof are convex shoulders orfprojecti'ons et adapted to abut against the convex shoulders or stops d at the inner and outer ends of the said intermediate blook'or member (Z, and the top block' or member e is also providedvon thel bottom side portions thereof with teeth or' d5 on the intermediate block or member (Z, f and the said top block or member e is thus free to move in all directions on the intermediate block or. member CZ, and the shape or formation ofthe teeth or projections e5 on the top block or member e and the recesses d? in the intermediate block or memv ber d is such as to permit of this operation.

The bottom block or member c is provided at its inner end, and on the top and sides thereof with a raised stop or shoulder c3 against which the inner end of the intermediate block or member (Z abuts, and said intermediate block or member 'eZ is also capable of moving longitudinally7 of the bottom block or member c to a slight extent, While the said bottom member c rests on the jourvnal b2 of the axle Z) in the usual manner, and yis lmovable longitudinally on said journal to a slight extent.

It Will also be seen from Fig. l of the ,drawing that the top block ormember e is shorter than the top (Z2 of the journal box which rests thereon, and all the parts of my improved bearingl are movable to a slight extent longitudinally of each other, and the top block or member e is also capable of a slight rotary movement on the intermediate block or member al, and the longitudinal movement of the topblock or member e on the intermediate block or member cZ islimited, as will be seen, by the central projection e3 on the bottom thereof, the convex shoulders or stops e4 at the end portions thereof operating in connection Withthe convex shoulders or stops Z5 at the opposite ends of the-intermediate block or member d, and by the teeth or projections e5 on the top block or member operatin' in the recesses Z7 in the intermediate blocr or member d as is also the rotary movement of the intermediate block or member e; but While I have thus shown three different means for limiting the movement of the top block or member e on the intermediate block or member eZ it 'Will Matser be apparent that all three of these means `need not necessarily be employed, for instance the central downwardly directed projection e3 of the top block or member e operating in thea opening d4 in the intermediate block or member d may be employed alone for this purpose, or it may be employed in connection with the end shoulders or stops 'e4 and Z5 :of said blocks or members, or in lconnection With the teeth or project-ions e'l5 land the recesses @Z7 of said blocks or .mem-

ers.

In Fig. v8 I have shown at f a modied form of bottom block or member which may be substituted for the bottom block or member shown in Fig. 7, and the'bottom block or f is employed. When this form of bottom block or member f' is employed the opposite sides thereof are provided centrally thereof With lugs or project-ions f2, and 'the opposite inner sides of `the intermediate block or member CZ are provided with recesses Z8 to receive said lugs or projections and the top block or member 'e and` intermediate block or member Z are placed in position on the said bottom block or member f exactly as'tvhen the bottom block or member e is employed.

The parts e and Z of lmy improved bearing constitute What are known as the wedge members of a bearing of .this class, and constructed as described said parts have a rotatable, longitudinal and transverse movement one upon t-he other',l and .this -is one of the chief advantages of my'in'vention and is impossible with any bearings of this class as heretofore constructed. v

One of the chief features of my improvement is ,found in the fact that the journal box in connection with Which my improved bearing is employed is a lstandard journal box, and .the top a2 is also of standard con struction, and no changes Whatever are madeV 1n these features. The top member e of the bearing proper is also movable longitudinally inthe top of the journal box, and the top and intermediate members -aZ and e of the bearing proper are movable longitudi-- proper are' made up ofplane surfaces Which are t-he same as the lplanextop surface of "any standard bottom member `of a bearing of this class, and byimeans of this construction I provide a journal box and box bear` ing of the class specified Which permits of all thev necessary movement of the separate parts,` and also reduces the' friction to a minimum, and the construction of wl'lch is such that the separateparts of, the hearing isol ' movement thereof.

While being freely movable oneupon another are also prevented lfrom,separation without interfering with the necessary` Having fully described my invention` what I claim as new and desire to'secure by Letters Patent, is

`1. In a bearing vof the class described, the combination with a journal box having its top provided with a plane under surface, of a bottom bearing member, an intermediate bearingmemberand a top bearing member,

. the intermediate bearing member being provided with a spherically convex top and the top mei'nber being correspondingly concave on its under side, said top and 'intermediate members being rotatably, longitudinally and transversely movable one upon another, and the top memberl being movable longitudinally in the top of the said box, said intermediate member being also provided centrally with a circular opening, and the top member being provided centrally of itsunder side with a circular projection adapted to enter said opening and of less diameter than said opening.

2L Ina bearing of the class described, a journal box having a top bearing member, a bottom bearing member and an interme diate bearing member, the engaging surfaces of the intermediate bearing member and the said top bearing member being the one of a convex and the other a corresponding concave contour, .means for limiting direct' longitudinal and transverse movements of said parts in respect to each other consisting of .a central opening in one part engaging a projection of less size on the other, one of said members having also recesses at each end, on each side, and the other having' projections loosely engaging the same to per- 'initi oscillating movements of said parts in every direction in respect to each other, and

to limit such movements.

3. In a bearing of tlie class described, the combination with a journal box having its topprovided with a plane under surface, of a bottom bearing member, a top bearing member, and an intermediate bearing mem, ber, the said top member having a concave yunder surface, andnthe said., intermediate 'member having a correspondingly convex upper surface to engage the same, the said top member and intermediate member being centrally connected by an opening in one part and a projection of less size from the other part entering the same, the said intermediate member liavingrecesses on each side near each end 'and the said top member havs ing projections loosely engaging each of said recesses, whereby movement between said parts in all directions is permitted and the oscillating movements limited by the said recesses and projections.

4. In a bearing of the class described, the combination withy a journal box liavino` its top provided with a plane under surace, of a bottom bearing member, a top member and an intermediate member, the said top member having a splierically concave under surface and the intermediate member having a corresponding convex upper surface to engage the same providing for an oscillating movement in every direction of one in respect to the other, the said intermediate member having depressed side portions wit-li recesses at 'each end pinclining or curving aipward toward thev center, and the said topv membeigliaving corresponding side portions extending downward 'to engage thel depressed side portions ot' the intermediate member and projections for engaging the said 'recesses of the intermediate member,

said side portions, recessesand projections:

permitting the said relative 'movements 'of the parts but limiting the amountv ofisuclr movements.

- In testimony that I vclaim the foregoing-as my invention I have sigii'ed'l-myname in presence of the subscribing witnesses this 11th day of April 1908.

WILLIAM R. CLARK.

VvTitnesses j C. E.-MULREANY, M. E. DooDY. 

